Trading John Gibson

Created by: OldNYIfan

Team: 2023-24 Anaheim Ducks

Initial Creation Date: Jul. 3, 2023

Published: Jul. 3, 2023

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Legend

Left Handed

Original Team

Waivers Exempt

Right Handed

Position

Trade Clause

Max Perf. Bonus

Expiry Status

Term Remaining

McDavid, Connor

$12,500,000 ( Performance Bonus

$250,000)

NMC

UFA - 5

Description

I'll assume that all the rumors about John Gibson wanting to move on are legitimate.

Okay, I've been "talking the talk" every time (long before this week) that John Gibson's name has come up as a possible trade element, so I thought that it was time for me to "walk the walk" and say what I think is the right value for him if the Ducks indeed have to move him. This way, when it happens, everyone will have the chance to make fun of me. It's the least I can do in the service of intellectual honesty.

The assumption here is that he goes for a 2024 first-round draft pick and an A prospect. Since most of those prospects are RWs (our position of greatest weakness), I put the first (Guenther) in that spot and the others on the putative Taxi Squad so as not to clutter up the entire presentation. I've tried to include every team I thing MIGHT be interested in him.

I'm sure that we'll all have fun seeing how far off I am.

In alphabetical order only:

Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST		YEARS	CAP HIT
Carlsson, Leo		3	$950,000

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Zegras, Trevor	8	$7,750,000
Terry, Troy	7	$7,142,857
Drysdale, Jamie	2	$2,000,000
Dostal, Lukas	2	$1,000,000
Groulx, Benoit-Olivier	2	$900,000

Trades

ANA

Guenther, Dylan
2024 1st round pick (ARI)

Additional Details:

I highly doubt that the Desert HangDogs will include Logan Cooley no matter how unhappy he seems to be at the prospect of playing before intimate crowds.

ARI

Gibson, John

ANA

Quinn, Jack

Additional Details:

2024 first-round draft pick

BUF

John Gibson

ANA

Beaucage, Alex

Additional Details:

2024 first-round draft pick

COL

Devon Toews would be nice, but I don't see that happening

ANA

Johansson, Albert

Additional Details:

Boston's 2024 first-round draft pick

DET

probably the low end of the range

ANA

Additional Details:

2024 first-round draft pick

EDM

I can't see us trading him intra-divisionally

ANA

Bernard-Docker, Jacob

Additional Details:

2024 first-round draft pick

Anaheim might prefer a NHL-ready RhD to a RW inasmuch as JBD is ahead of Helleson, Luneau and Warren in development

OTT

I find it hard to believe that Gibson would waive his NTC for Ottawa or that the Senators would give up their second first-round draft pick in a row

ANA

Blomqvist, Joel

Additional Details:

2025 first-round draft pick
2024 second-round draft pick

PIT

Given the weakness in Pittsburgh's prospect pool, which literally has NO ONE in whom I'd be interested, two draft picks seem right

Buyouts

Simon Despres: $0

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2024
2025
2026

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

EMBED

TEXT-EMBED

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
24	$83,500,000	$69,099,941	$0	$4,332,500	$14,400,059

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
McTavish, Mason $894,167$894,167 ($2,500,000$2M) C, LW RFA - 2	Zegras, Trevor $7,750,000$7,750,000 C, LW RFA - 3	Terry, Troy $7,142,857$7,142,857 RW UFA - 7
Killorn, Alex $6,250,000$6,250,000 RW, LW NTC UFA - 4	Carlsson, Leo $950,000$950,000 C RFA - 3	Guenther, Dylan $894,167$894,167 ($850,000$850K) RW, LW RFA - 2
Vatrano, Frank $3,650,000$3,650,000 LW, RW UFA - 2	Strome, Ryan $5,000,000$5,000,000 RW, C UFA - 4
Henrique, Adam $1,456,250$1,456,250 LW, C M-NTC UFA - 1	Lundeström, Isac $1,800,000$1,800,000 C, LW RFA - 1
McGinn, Brock $2,750,000$2,750,000 LW, RW UFA - 2	Nesterenko, Nikita $925,000$925,000 C RFA - 1	Silfverberg, Jakob $5,250,000$5,250,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 1
Jones, Max $1,295,000$1,295,000 LW, RW RFA - 1		Carrick, Sam $425,000$425,000 C, RW UFA - 1
Regenda, Pavol $855,000$855,000 ($57,500$58K) LW, RW RFA - 1		Leason, Brett $775,000$775,000 RW RFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Fowler, Cam $6,500,000$6,500,000 LD/RD M-NTC UFA - 3		Campbell, Jack $5,000,000$5,000,000 G M-NTC UFA - 4
	Drysdale, Jamie $2,000,000$2,000,000 RD RFA - 3	Dostal, Lukas $1,000,000$1,000,000 G RFA - 2
LaCombe, Jackson $925,000$925,000 ($925,000$925K) LD/RD RFA - 1	Gudas, Radko $4,000,000$4,000,000 RD NTC UFA - 3
White, Colton $762,500$762,500 LD UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
	Vaakanainen, Urho $850,000$850,000 LD/RD RFA - 1

Taxi Squad
Quinn, Jack $863,333$863,333 ($0$0$0$0) ($850,000$850K) RW, LW RFA - 2
Beaucage, Alex $878,333$878,333 ($0$0$0$0) RW RFA - 1
Johansson, Albert $820,000$820,000 ($0$0$0$0) ($82,500$82K) LD RFA - 1
Bourgault, Xavier $925,000$925,000 ($0$0$0$0) ($250,000$250K) RW RFA - 2
Bernard-Docker, Jacob $805,000$805,000 ($0$0$0$0) RD RFA - 2
Blomqvist, Joel $886,667$886,667 ($0$0$0$0) ($57,500$58K) G RFA - 3

Top Comments

Jul. 3, 2023 at 10:28 p.m.

wojme

Joined: Jun. 2017

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I would lower expectations on the return for Gibson, especially for the sabres. Zero shot Jack Quinn is involved in any goalie trade.

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Jul. 3, 2023 at 10:30 p.m.

Lavallois

Joined: Feb. 2023

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This isn't 2016 anymore. Gibson is consistently one of the worst goalies season after season nowadays. The Ducks aren't getting pieces like Quinn, Guenther in return.

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Jul. 3, 2023 at 10:31 p.m.

GeneralLandro

Joined: Jun. 2021

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To me it’s either Buffalo or the Devils — most likely the Sabres

I do TT honk he is moved because Gibby’s agent proved me right and you can’t trust Frank with anything to do with Anaheim

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Jul. 3, 2023 at 10:36 p.m.

GiggywithGibby

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